December 1, 2017
Ropes & Gray has announced that Daniel Anderson has been named as the firm’s new managing partner in its Hong Kong office.
Anderson currently serves as co-head of the firm’s special situations practice, and will

June 20, 2017
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has hired Mark Lehmkuhler as a partner in the firm’s Hong Kong private equity and M&A group. He is Orrick’s first lateral hire after a majority of its Asian office left the firm in

April 24, 2017
A four-partner team has departed from the Hong Kong office of Ropes & Gray in a move to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. The team is led by Hong Kong office head Paul Boltz, and includes partners Brian Schwarzwalder, Scott

April 19, 2017
Davis Polk & Wardwell has hired Ropes & Gray litigation partner Patrick Sinclair in Hong Kong. At Davis Polk, he will specialize in government and internal investigations as well as white-collar criminal

August 28, 2016
Allen & Overy (A&O) has appointed capital markets partner Stephen Miller to a new role as head of capital markets in Asia. Miller will move from London to Hong Kong for the position, which begins in September.
The

September 7, 2015
Sidley Austin has increased the salary for its newly-qualified lawyers by 20 percent, from £75,000 to £90,000 for 2015. It's first year trainee salaries have increased, from £41,000 to £44,000 and its second year

September 3, 2015
Linklaters is losing another partner from the Asia region, the most recent in a string of departures from the firm in the region. Debt finance partner David Irvine will be joining Kirkland & Ellis's Hong Kong

June 8, 2015
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld revealed that it will maintain an increased salary level for its junior lawyers that it absorbed when it hired legacy Bingham McCutchen’s entire London office last year.
The salary

July 8, 2014
Banking group Barclays has streamlined its panel of legal advisors, cutting 30% of the list of firms and organising the remainder into a two-tiered system of ‘preferred’ and ‘approved firms.
The ‘preferred’